diff --git a/terraform/elasticache/_override.tf b/terraform/elasticache/_override.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32af6a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/elasticache/_override.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+variable "name" {
+  type        = string
+  default     = "sandy"
+  description = "Name of the cluster"
+}
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diff --git a/terraform/elasticache/terraform.tfvars b/terraform/elasticache/terraform.tfvars
index 1773846e..6a60c736 100644
--- a/terraform/elasticache/terraform.tfvars
+++ b/terraform/elasticache/terraform.tfvars
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-name = "elasticache-cluster"
 security_group_ids = ["sg-02b42751eab13f53a", "sg-0a80c39996b1d8abc"]
 subnet_ids = ["subnet-06e41801e9618a572", "subnet-020af10ef815e5c07"]
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